Soya Masala Dosa

Soya is one of the very rich source of protein esp for vegetarians.
Ingredients:
Dosa Batter - 1 cup
Soya nuggets - 2cup (even Soya granules can be used)
Onion - 2
Tomatoes - 2
Ginger - 1inch
Curry Leaves
Green Coriander
Mustard - 1tbs
Jeera - 1tbs
Asafatida - 1pinch
Turmeric powder - 1/2tbs
Red chilly powder - 1/2tbs
Garam Masala powder - 1/2tbs
Refined oil to saute - 2tbs
Salt to taste
Water - 2cups
Butter if preferred to make dosa
You can use garlic chopped or ground if required.

Method/Vidhiee:
1. Boil the soya nuggets in water and squeeze them to take out excess water.
2. Now slice them into small pieces.
3. Finely chop onion, green chillies, ginger, green coriander, tomato.
4. In a wok add refined oil heat it and then add mustard seeds splutter them.
5. Add asafatida, jeera and curry leaves.
6. Add onions, green chillies, ginger to it and saute them till they become transparent.
7. Add tomato and saute for 1min.
8. Add all dry powders and saute well. Add salt as required.Remember the dosa batter also has salt so put salt a bit low.
9. Now add the soya which were minced or diced.
10. Saute them well. Do not have any water texture.
11. End by adding green coriander leaves.

Few more tips: You can even add tomato sauce and soya sauce to give it a Chinese touch.

Method for making the Soya Masala Dosa:
1.Now take the dosa batter heat a tawa and pour 1/2tps of oil and spread well.
2.Lower the heat and pour the dosa batter and spread well in circular or oval motion.
3.Now raise the heat and then add butter to corners.
4.Make a crisp dosa turn to another side. leave for 30secs.
5.Now again turn to the white side which is the inner side and the brown side facing downwards.

6.Add the soya masala it a bit in the middle and close the dosa in half moon shape.
7.Press it gently so that it closes well. Add few more drops of butter/oil/ghee to it and serve hot.

This dosa doesn't require any condiments. You can even soya masala for rice chapattis and phulkas.

WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY,FUNFILLED AND TASTEFUL NEW YEAR 2012:)

Gobi Soya Nuggets Dry Manchurian

Ingredients:
Gobi/Cauliflower - 1 medium
Soya Nuggets - 50gms
Onions - 3
Tomatoes - 4
Green Chilly - 2
Capsicum - 1
Garlic - 4-5 big pods
Ginger - 2inch
Tomato Sauce - 3tbs
Dark Soya sauce - 2tbs
White Vinegar - 1/2tbs
Green Chilli sauce - 1/2tbs
Spring Onion green part - 4-5 strangs
Green Coriander
Cornflour - 50gms
Salt
Oil to deep fry
Water - 2cups

Method/Vidhiee:
1. Clean the cauliflower by cutting them into big chunks and putting them in salt water for 10mins.
2. Drain them and keep aside.
3. In a pan boil water and add soya nuggets and boil them.
4. Once they turn soft drain them and sqeeze them well.
5. In a mixer grind the ginger 1inch, garlic 2-3 and 1 green chilly into paste. Rest of ginger, garlic and green chilly chop them finely.
6. In a bowl add corn flour soya sauce 1tbs, ginger garlic paste half, toamto sauce 1tbs, salt. Remember dont add whole of salt as you would be putting salt into gravy too.
7. Add water to mixer and make a paste. You can add food colour to get red colour.
8. Heat oil in a pan for frying.
9. Dip the cauliflower and soya nuggets and fry them till they turn crisp and brown.
10. Drain them and keep aside.
11. In another pan take 3tbs oil from the hot oil pan.
12. Add onions and capsicum and saute well.
13. Add garlic, ginger, green chillies that were chopped.
14. Saute for 1/2min and add left over ginger galic paste.
15. Saute till the raw smell fades away.
16. Add tomato and saute. Add all the sauces and vinegar.
17. Add salt and Ajinamoto if you prefer.
18. Saute well to bring to boil.
19. Take some cornflour and mix in water and pour on to the mixer.
20. Mix well and do not leave it on pan.
21. Add the cauliflower and soya nuggets & spring onions.
22. Toss well. Coat them well.
Serve hot with tooth picks to pick them.
Serve as starter or as evening snack.

Apple Corn Sweet Rice

Ingredients:
Apple - 2
American Corn 50gms
Basmati Rice - 1cup
Sugar - 5tbs
Honey - 2tbs
Dalchini/Pattai/Cinnamon - 1 pc
Cloves - 2
Bay leaf - 1
Jeera - 1 tbs
Sauf - 1tbs
Elaichi/Cardamom - 3
Salt - 1/2tbs
Kaju/Cashewnuts - 10gms
Ghee/Clarified butter - 5-6tbs or can use white butter
Water - 1 1/2

Method/Vidhiee:
1. Dee-skin the Apples ad cut them into lenghtwise or cubes.
2. In a pan heat butter or ghee and add bayleaf,cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, sauf and jeera.
3. Once jeera splutters add the apples and saute for a minute.
4. Now add salt and sugar. Allow the sugar to melt.
5. Meanwhile add corn and saute.
6. End add rice, kaju and honey and saute.
7. Pour the rice mix on to the rice cooker and add water.
Once its cooked serve hot with some mixed vegetable side dish..
Note: If u feel the apples might get very soft saute them seperately in sugar and add when the rice is cooked.
But, add sugar to rice seperately if you are following this procedure..